May 2023: Wildflowers & Wildlife | NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

May 2023: Wildflowers & Wildlife | NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Two black-bellied whistling ducks walk through a field of wildflowers

Framed by wildflowers, a tricolored heron wades in a waterway

A great egret wades through a marsh filled with wildflowers

Wildflowers and palm trees are in view near the Central Campus Headquarters Building at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. More than 330 native and migratory bird species, along with 65 amphibian and reptile species, call Kennedy and the wildlife refuge home.

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/merritt-island

Image Credit: NASA/Franki Michaux

Capture Date: May 19, 2023

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